Oilseed Rape

Brassica napus

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Botanical name
Brassica napus
Also known as
Canola, Oil-Seed Rape, Oilseed Rape, Oilseed-Rape, Rape, Rapeseed, Rutabaga, Swedish Turnip, Winter Rape
Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Brassica
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Oilseed Rape

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Brassica napus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Brassica campestris f. glauca Brassica campestris f. luteoalba Brassica campestris f. quadrivalvis Brassica campestris f. simplex Brassica campestris f. spontanea Brassica campestris f. trilocularis Brassica campestris subsp. annua Brassica campestris subsp. biennis Brassica campestris subsp. napus Brassica campestris var. annua Brassica campestris var. biennis Brassica campestris var. bullatopetsai Brassica campestris var. dentatopetsai Brassica campestris var. dichotoma Brassica campestris var. glauca Brassica campestris var. napus Brassica campestris var. nippo-oleifera Brassica campestris var. oleifera Brassica campestris var. pabularia Brassica campestris var. quadrivalvis Brassica campestris var. trilocularis Brassica carinatua var. saharensis Brassica harmsiana Brassica napus f. alba Brassica napus f. dissecta Brassica napus f. dolichocarpa Brassica napus f. flava Brassica napus f. micrantha Brassica napus f. nigricans Brassica napus f. rubescens Brassica napus subsp. oleifera Brassica napus var. aestiva Brassica napus var. annua Brassica napus var. arabica Brassica napus var. arvensis Brassica napus var. biennis Brassica napus var. brevirostris Brassica napus var. edulis Brassica napus var. esculenta Brassica napus var. glauca Brassica napus var. hiemalis Brassica napus var. italica Brassica napus var. leptorhiza Brassica napus var. napus Brassica napus var. oleifera Brassica napus var. pabularia Brassica napus var. rapifera Brassica napus var. rossica Brassica napus var. rutila Brassica napus var. sarcorhiza Brassica napus var. schebalinae Brassica napus var. syntomocarpa Brassica napus var. trimestris Brassica napus var. ulti Brassica oleracea f. praecox Brassica oleracea var. arvensis Brassica oleracea var. hongnoensis Brassica oleracea var. pseudocolza Brassica praecox Brassica rapa subsp. napus and 6 more

Others in Brassica

Brassica oleracea
Wild Cabbage
Brassica aucheri
Brassica baldensis
Brassica barrelieri
Brassica bivoniana
Brassica bourgaei
Brassica cadmea
Brassica cretica
Mustard

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